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躇

chú

Character

What 躇 means

1. used in {踌躇|chóu chú}

Words containing 躇

• 踌躇chóu chúto hesitate; (literary) to pace back and forth; (literary) self-satisfied
• 踌躇满志chóu chú mǎn zhìenormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug; complacent
• 踌躇不前chóu chú bù qiánto hesitate to move forward; to hesitate; to hold back
• 踌躇不决chóu chú bù juéto hesitate; indecisive
• 踟躇chí chúvariant of 踟蹰

Characters that look like 躇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 蹭cèngto rub against; to walk slowly; (colloquial) to freeload
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)

Sounds the same

Read chú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 厨kitchen
• 除to get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 橱wardrobe; closet; cabinet
• 锄a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed
• 雏(bound form) chick; young bird
• 刍to mow or cut grass; hay; straw
• 蜍Bufo vulgaris; toad
• 滁name of a river in Anhui
• 蹰used in 踟蹰
• 耡hoe
• 篨crude bamboo mat
• 鉏hoe